Band 5 Rotational Dietitian

King's College Hospital; City of Westminster; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 31,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS foundation trust in the City of Westminster is seeking a motivated Band 5 Dietitian. The candidate will rotate through various clinical areas, collaborating within a supportive team environment. Responsibilities include providing evidenced-based practice, engaging in student training, and contributing to service development initiatives. The ideal candidate will have HCPC registration and a keen interest in acute adult dietetics.

Qualifications

• Qualified dietitian with confirmed HCPC registration.
• Experience or interest in acute adult dietetics.

Responsibilities

• Join the acute adult dietetics team at the Denmark Hill site.
• Engage in a rotation across clinical areas.
• Collaborate with the acute teams and other dietitians.
• Participate in service development and training.

Skills

Clinical practice

Team collaboration

Evidenced-based practice

Education

Qualified dietitian with HCPC registration

Job description

Overview

This post will offer dietetic expertise to patients, carers and other health care professionals. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to rotate to different clinical areas within the acute caseload at King's College Hospital, providing high quality evidenced based practice. Within the acute teams we have specialist dietitians in Gastroenterology, Neurosciences, Haematology, Oncology, Liver and HPB. There will be opportunities to develop your practice by shadowing specialities within your rotation and clinical supervision. We are a large, supportive department and are proud to represent an innovative and diverse workforce, putting patients at the centre of our care.

Responsibilities

• Join as a highly motivated Band 5 Dietitian to work within the acute adult dietetics team at our Denmark Hill site.
• Engage in a rotation across different clinical areas within the acute caseload, contributing to high quality evidenced based practice.
• Collaborate with two other rotational Band 5 dietitians and the wider acute teams.
• Develop practice by shadowing specialities within the rotation and engaging in clinical supervision.
• Participate in student training, service development projects and Trust-wide Nutrition and Hydration initiatives.
• Contribute to our mission to provide excellence in clinical care, research and education within King's Health Partners Academic Health Sciences Centre.

Qualifications

• Qualified dietitians with confirmed HCPC registration.
• Experience or interest in acute adult dietetics and willingness to work across Medicine, Surgery and the Health and Ageing unit as part of rotations.

About King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK's largest and busiest teaching Trusts with a turnover of c£1 billion, 1.5 million patient contacts a year and more than 15,000 staff based across South East London. The Trust provides a full range of local and specialist services across its five sites. The trust-wide strategy of Strong Roots, Global Reach is our Vision to be BOLD, Brilliant people, Outstanding care, Leaders in Research, Innovation and Education, Diversity, Equality and Inclusion at the heart of everything we do. By being person-centred, digitally-enabled, and focused on sustainability, we aim to take Team King's to another level.

King's is committed to delivering Sustainable Healthcare for All via our Green Plan. In line with national Greener NHS ambitions, we have set net zero carbon targets of 2040 for our NHS Carbon Footprint and 2045 for our NHS Carbon Footprint Plus. Everyone's contribution is required in order to meet the goals set out in our Green Plan and we encourage all staff to work responsibly, minimising their contributions to the Trust's carbon emissions, waste and pollution wherever possible.

Additional Information

Rotations include Medicine, Surgery and the Health and Ageing unit. The post holder may also be involved in student training, service development projects and Trust wide Nutrition and Hydration initiatives. Our dietetics department expects all staff to be involved in the teaching of other healthcare professionals, in line with our mission to provide excellence in clinical care, research and teaching in King's Health Partners Academic Health Sciences Centre.

To understand the role in more detail please refer to the full Job Description and Person Specification.